Reborn in 1977

Chapter 122: Too Simple

Chen Fan took the bundle, placed it on the cart, and opened it, revealing a thick stack of books.

He truly hadn't expected there to be so many veterinary books.

On top was a set of "People's Liberation Army Veterinary University"'s "Military Horse Textbook" published in the 70s, including Internal Medicine Textbook, Surgery Textbook, Infectious Diseases Textbook, Veterinary Pharmacology Textbook, Obstetrics and Foal Diseases Textbook, a total of five books.

Seeing this set of books, Chen Fan knew that the little foal could be saved.

He refused to believe that such common acute gastroenteritis couldn't be found in these books.

Putting the set aside, underneath was a set of "Common Military Horse Diseases Textbook" (trial edition), published in September 1970, in two volumes.

Then there was "Basic Veterinary Textbook" (trial edition), "Selection of Veterinary Traditional Chinese Herbal Prescriptions", "Veterinary Herbs", "Introduction to Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine", "Poultry Disease Prevention and Control", "Traditional Chinese Veterinary Therapeutics" for treating diseases of horses, cattle, donkeys, and pigs, and a set of "Domestic Animal Internal Medicine" published in the 1960s.

Holding this stack of books, which added up to less than 10 yuan in value, Chen Fan felt like he was stepping onto a golden road.

If he could read this set of books once, could he activate the veterinary skill? Could he level up to level 5 or higher?

Without a doubt!

With this skill alone, he would be the most popular guy in the entire Nanhugong Commune!

Later, he would thoroughly study the "Barefoot Doctor's Manual" in the brigade's archive room, treating people with one hand and animals with the other.

Oh my, not to mention being able to swagger around the surrounding villages, getting the same treatment as Master Liu shouldn't be difficult, right?

He dared not imagine such a good life!

Just as Chen Fan was imagining the future, Master Liu asked in a low voice, "How is it? Is there any hope?"

Chen Fan came back to his senses and replied, "Let me take a look first."

He picked up the "Military Horse Obstetrics and Foal Diseases Textbook", quickly searched the table of contents, and soon found the content related to gastrointestinal diseases.

After reading it briefly, he also flipped through the "Military Horse Internal Medicine Textbook", "Common Military Horse Diseases Textbook", and "Domestic Animal Internal Medicine".

After flipping through them, he looked at Master Liu with a strange expression and asked in a low voice, "Master Liu, let me ask a question."

Seeing his expression, Master Liu couldn't help but feel nervous, "Go ahead."

Chen Fan cleared his throat and said, "I just want to ask, how do the veterinarians at the veterinary station treat livestock?"

"Oh, you're talking about that?"

Master Liu gestured and said, "I just said it, they learn from their masters, first see what disease the livestock has, and then use the corresponding prescription to treat it. Some are directly fed herbs, and some need to be boiled into water and poured in.

In addition, veterinarians are much more advanced than before. Some medicines have already been prepared, just like the pills that people eat. They have special medicine feeding iron pipes, put the pipe into the livestock's mouth, put the medicine in the back, and the front outlet directly enters the throat."

After speaking, he paused and looked at Chen Fan and asked, "What are you asking this for?"

Chen Fan raised the book in his hand and said blankly, "Then haven't they read these books?"

If they had just flipped through this set of books, they wouldn't have been unable to cure this little foal, right?

When Master Liu heard this, he couldn't help but chuckle twice, then said in a low voice, "What kind of people do you think veterinarians are?"

Chen Fan's eyes turned slightly, "I remember there seems to be a veterinary major in school, right? Could it be a technical secondary school or university student?"

"You're dreaming!"

Master Liu curled his lips and said in a low voice, "Technical secondary schools and universities all have veterinary majors, and the prefectural committee also has special veterinary training classes, and then what?"

Chen Fan blinked, not understanding why.

Master Liu smiled, "I'm not afraid to tell you plainly, there have been recommendations to go to university here, but from the beginning of the recommendation to go to school until now, and counting more than ten years before, not a single one has studied veterinary medicine.

Secondly, even if there are veterinary graduates in the county, they have all entered the county to become cadres and sit in offices. Who would be willing to come to the commune veterinary station?"

After a pause, he sighed and said,

"It's not right to say that there are no good doctors who are willing to come to the grassroots level at all, whether they treat people or livestock, there are, but that depends on luck.

Our Nanhugong Commune is the kind that has average luck.

Why is it average luck, and not bad luck?

Because our Nanhugong Commune's veterinary station still has a few old guys. In addition to the set of herbal medicine treatment methods they learned from their masters, they also go to the county for training classes every year, so we here are already considered to have people and the level is not low.

Some places only have one or two veterinarians in the entire commune, and they are still half-baked, that's what you call bad luck.

However, the things that our old masters learn from the training classes in the county are nothing more than which new drugs there are and what diseases they can cure, and then prescribe medicines according to the prescription, take medicine if they should take medicine, give injections if they should give injections, cure it if they can cure it, and if they can't cure it, it's over."

After speaking, he pointed to the book in Chen Fan's hand, "These things are all distributed by the county veterinary training class. After they take them back, they put them in the archive room and basically haven't touched them.

It's not that they don't want to read them, it's that they can't even recognize all the words, how can they read them?"

After saying a lot, Master Liu suddenly reacted, pointed to the book and asked, "Is there a treatment method inside?"

Chen Fan nodded, "I've read 3 books, the foal's disease is very similar to the description of acute gastroenteritis."

Master Liu's eyes widened, "Can it be cured?"

Chen Fan smiled, "As long as there is medicine, it should be no problem."

The books have already stated what medicine to use and how to control the dosage. Just prescribe the medicine according to the prescription. It's too simple.

Master Liu immediately beckoned, "Let's go, let's go to the veterinary station and see if they have any medicine there."

The old man had been dealing with livestock all his life, and he didn't hesitate when whipping them, but he also felt very sorry when he saw the livestock getting sick.

Especially since this was a rare good horse, he couldn't wait to cure it quickly.

Chen Fan didn't hesitate either. He packed up the books and put them and the other things on Master Liu's cart. This cart only carried the foal. Then he sat on one side and let Jiang Lili sit on the other, driving the donkey behind Master Liu towards the town.

Along the way, they waved to acquaintances and people from the management office. The two of them left the threshing ground at the entrance of the market and entered Shengli South Street.

Driving the cart to the intersection and turning right to the east, Chen Fan realized that this was indeed the town's "commercial street", no wonder it was called Jianshe Road (Construction Road).

Less than 20 meters from the intersection, there was a gray supply and marketing cooperative.

Without eye-catching signs, without displaying goods outside to occupy the road, except for the entire street-facing side being open, the "冂"-shaped counters inside, and the white characters on a black background on the door head saying "Supply and Marketing Cooperative", it was almost no different from the neighboring residences on the left and right.

Three houses away from the supply and marketing cooperative was the Xinhua Bookstore. Chen Fan took a look and decided to come over to scan books tomorrow.

Opposite the bookstore was a state-owned restaurant.

Don't get me wrong, it's not that the business nature is a state-owned restaurant, but that the name of the restaurant is "State-owned". The two sides of the restaurant's door are written with "Hard Struggle" and "Self-Reliance", and the four characters "Open All Day" are posted on the two closed half-glass doors.

Chen Fan scratched his head, not understanding why the farm supply store was next to the state-owned restaurant?

There are pesticides in there!

Anyway, he didn't dare to eat here.

Continuing forward, he saw a courtyard wall that was obviously a unit compound. When he got closer, well, it turned out to be the commune health center. Looking through the door, there were only two rows of bungalows. He didn't know if they could perform surgery inside.

Then he heard Master Liu say "Whoa!" Chen Fan quickly looked forward and saw that the roadside where Master Liu was parked was also a small courtyard. Looking at the wooden sign hanging on the wall.

"Nanhugong Commune Veterinary Station"!

The corners of Chen Fan's mouth twitched slightly. It seemed like there was nothing wrong with having the place for treating people and the place for treating livestock facing each other?